Temple-plate for power-looms



(No Model.)

J. J. HONAN.

TEMPLE PLATE FOR POWER LOOMS.

No. 375,159. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. HONAN, OF FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TEMPLE-PLATE FOR POWER-LOOMS.

$PECIPIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,159, dated December 20, 1887.

Application filed July 22, 1887. Serial No. 245,016. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN J. HONAN, of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Temple Plate for Power Looms, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved temple plate for power looms, which is simple in construction and easily changed for narrow or wide cloth.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of certain parts, and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of myimprovement as applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same on the line a; 00 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same on the line ;a y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of two temple-plates.

The temple -plate A is provided with the solid bottom plate, B, having the slot B, and secured by screw B ,pas siu'g through the said slot B in the .usual manner,tothe frame of the loom, and on one end of the bottom plate, B, is formed an upwardly-extending lug, 0, provided with a longitudinal groove, D, on top, which is inclined downward, as is illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the inclined grove D is held, by the screws D or other suitable means, a slotted temple-plate frame, E, carrying the yielding temple rod or bar F, supporting in the usual manner the toothed roller G. Between the lug O and the bottom plate, B, is formed a slot, H, through which passes the outer edge of the cloth.

It will be seen that the temple-rod frame E is adjustable longitudinally on the lug O by loosening the screws D and then moving the temple-rod frame Elongitudinally 011 the said lug until the desired position is attained, and

then the temple-rod frame is again fastened by tightening the screws. The temple-plate A is adjustable crosswise on the frame of the loom by loosening the screw B and moving the bottom plate,B,until the desired position isreached, the slot B permitting said movement, so that any desired adjustment can be made according to the width of the cloth. By my improved temple-plate a wider space is given to the cloth to pass through, and at the same time the cloth is kept in the proper position, thus making a better selvage on the cloth, by reason of keeping it in position and preventing it from turning up or curling while on its way to the roll.

It will be seen that the temple itself is not changed at all, and my improved temple-plate can be attached to all kinds of temples, especially to the well'known Dutcher temple.

It will further be seen that on account of the raised lug O,I elevate the temple over the breast-beam, so that the latter is not obstructed, and at the same time a clear space for the passage of the selvagc of the woven fabric is formed, thus being enabled to perform better work and preventing the selvage from breaking.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a temple plate for powerlooms, a slotted bottom plate provided at one end with a lug, and having a slot between the said lug and the body of the plate for the passage of the selvage of the woven fabric, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a temple-plate for power-looms, a slotted bottom plate provided at one end with a lug having on top an inclined groove for the reception of the temple-plate frame, said bot tom plate being also provided with a slot between the said lug and the body of the plate for the passage of the selvage of the woven fabric, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN J. HONAN.

Witnesses: v

JOSEPH H. POTTER, J12, THOMAS Bolton. 

